A stunning marble torso of a Roman emperor made headlines at an auction, fetching an astounding $34.26 million, breaking ...

Urine isn't the most pleasant liquid, but it had its uses to the ancient Romans, who used it as a potentially unexpected ...

Archaeologists have uncovered the largest collection of Latin cave inscriptions from the Roman Empire in Spain. They've ...

This 2,000-year-old cold case offered a wealth of information, Leiden archaeologists Carol van Driel-Murray and Mark Driessen ...

Ancient civilizations shaped far more than monuments and empires. Discover 18 surprising ways their inventions, mathematical ideas, urban systems, and traditions still influence modern life.

Ancient Roman glassmakers achieved a remarkable optical effect that modern scientists have struggled to reproduce.

In 797, Emperor Constantine VI of the Byzantine Empire was blinded by his mother's order. That mother, Irene, is still ...

Beneath a quiet stretch of forest in Germany’s Taunus Mountains, archaeologists have uncovered the remains of an ancient ...

How did ancient Romans view suicide? Discover taedium vitae, the weariness of life, and how grief, religion, and Roman law ...

The Glyptotek also acquired several high-profile loans for the exhibition, including three rare tunics which have never before left the British Museum and a sculpture of Emperor Septimius Severus ...

The Roman world lasted 2,000 years, transforming from a kingdom to a republic and finally to an empire. At 250, what can the ...

Not far from the Black Sea, a child’s grave uncovered in present-day Bulgaria has provided archaeologists a somber look at ...